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Today’s publication of the UK National Food Strategy is a welcome opportunity to debate how we can improve access to affordable, healthy food in a way that’s good for people and the planet.

Food and healthy eating is, of course, one of the core pillars of the lifestyle medicine approach to improving health and wellbeing – and the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine is currently preparing a detailed response to the strategy from our Nutrition Special Interest Group.

Cutting out processed foods and adopting a predominantly plant-based diet is just one of the ways we can reduce the risk of chronic disease and improve population health.

Ã÷ÐǺÚÁÏ believe a range of healthy approaches to diet and nutrition are needed – backed by scientific evidence and specific to the patient’s condition and circumstances. Lifestyle medicine is Ã÷ÐǺÚÁÏ supporting people to make healthy choices Ã÷ÐǺÚÁÏ what they eat.

But real change also requires fundamental change at the societal level – and the food industry and governments must step up to the plate to ensure we have a healthy and sustainable food environment.

What do members of the UK lifestyle medicine community think of the National Food Strategy and its key proposals such as a sugar and salt tax and fruit and veg prescribing?